The USA Communications Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Tonto has describe the attitude of the former president John Dramani Mahama as quite surprising for painting Ghana black before the international community and giving them the impression that Ghana is an unstable nation.
According to him it is ironical that former President John Dramani Mahama for four years as President and for nearly four years as Vice President, with all the State resources and powers at his disposal, failed miserably to end political violence, adding that under his tenure, Ghana saw extreme political violence.
On his facebook wall sighted by Peacefmonline.com, he stressed that “Former President Mahama approached diplomats because he wants the mayhem which happened at Ayawaso West Wuogon to remain on the minds of the people. He wants the international community to see Ghana as unstable country.”
"President Akufo-Addo has begun a process to bring this canker to an end. I urge former President Mahama to support this noble cause. In addition to the Commission, nothing stops him and his party from offering solutions to help stop vigilantism . . . Ghana needs policy-for-policy not boot-for-boot," he stressed.
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Violence has no place in our politics and as political parties, we must condemn violence at all times irrespective of the actors. The mayhem that happened in Ayawaso West Wuogon was shameful and completely undermined Ghana's democratic credentials.
However, the conduct of Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama is quite surprising to an extent of painting Ghana black before the international community and giving them the impression that Ghana is an unstable nation.
It is ironical that former President John Dramani Mahama for four years as President and for nearly four years as Vice President, with all the State resources and powers at his disposal, failed miserably to end political violence. In fact, under his tenure, Ghana saw extreme political violence.
In Talensi, the ruling New Patriotic Party then opposition party was attacked, abused, intimidated and in some instances, the leaders were brutally manhandled and also gunshots were fired at the NPP. In the "Let My Vote Count Alliance" procession, activists were physically assaulted and gunshots fired at them as well. A young activist lost his eye and till today he's partially blind. Under the administration of Mr. Mahama as Vice President, we saw violence in Chereponi and in Atiwa by-elections.
These stories are worth recounting not for justification purposes but to serve as proof that former President Mahama had all the opportunities since 2009 to stop political violence but failed miserably.
How then can a man who had everything at his behest to end political violence yet showed no commitment all of sudden see the need to end it today?
How can a man whose solution to violence was to call for more violence all of a sudden find his voice on the international platform?
How can a man whose party's General Secretary recently endorsed political vigilantism by forming the HAWKS all of a sudden paint Ghana black with terrible acts of vigilante groups?
Since vigilante groups are clearly untenable for our democracy, why even suggest the formation of a new one as a means of countering the canker?
Even worse is former President Mahama's failure to endorse and support an ongoing exercise to probe, sanction and recommend lasting solutions to political violence. His party apparatchiks have rather run down the commission's members.
Obviously, political violence must end whether under Mahama or Akufo-Addo but Mahama has shown no commitment in ending political violence.
He had the chance and failed. Unfortunately, he's still failing at helping Ghana bring a lasting solution to this canker. The facts are that;
He's not interested in fixing the issue; Otherwise, he together with his party would have supported the Commission of Inquiry.
He's not interested in fixing the issue, otherwise he would have condemned his party's public endorsement of the HAWKS.
He's not interested in fixing the issue, otherwise he would have avoided touting his party's violent credentials.
Former President Mahama approached diplomats because he wants the mayhem which happened at Ayawaso West Wuogon to remain on the minds of the people. He wants the international community to see Ghana as unstable country.
President Akufo-Addo has begun a process to bring this canker to an end. I urge former President Mahama to support this noble cause. In addition to the Commission, nothing stops him and his party from offering solutions to help stop vigilantism.
Ghana needs policy-for-policy not boot-for-boot.
Source: Josephine Acheampomaa/Peacefmonline/[email protected]
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Kwaaassssiiiiiaaaa sem , akwa akwa. Did the hooligans in national security apparel went to Ayawaso to do policy- for- policy ? Why do you this NPP people you know better than the rest of us in Ghana. Any i. D. I. O. T can just take a Peace of paper and write any ***barred word***
JM THE BOLE BOLA MAN HAS DISGRACE HIMSELF HIS ERA WAS EVEN WORSE THATS WHY JJ CALLED HIM A GREEDY BASSSTARD.
am surprised at how people can write bigger English language, but losing simple logic.And who said the diplomats Mahama had meeting with don't know what is going on in Ghana.Check how the United State is warning its citizen in Ghana,everything is mess up in Ghana now..and you people are saying no body should talk about it, or discuss it...even as everything that happened in Ayawaso was obvious to the whole, but those in charge of the afairs of the nation are still denying...isnt it funny saying Mahama is a bad stateman.
You JDM is irrelevant, yet anytime he talks, then you shake like leaf. The truth is out there and has also been re-enforced. Everyone is getting to know which stuff NPP is made off. Ethnocentric party. Using laws to perpetuate criminality. I for one, because of the retrogressive tax you introduced, you definitely get punished.
Well said Kofi...we can’t have such people(Ndc) to lead us koraa never.Mahama should really sit his ***barred word*** down and learn from our President Nana Akuffo Addo and his government.Ghanaians should really come together and learn from all the bad deeds and comments from the opposition party Ndc and make a decision towards 2020 elections...we don’t need these incompetent people(ndc) again in power!
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@ALUTA; WHAT TAX FREE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT NDC WILL TRACE...WERE NOT IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN AYARIGA IMPORTED 6 V8 LAND CRUISERS AND CLEARED THEM WITHOUT PAYING DUTY ON THEM DURIND NDC ERA?...HYPOCRITE, PICK THE SLUCK FROM YOUR EYES BEFORE YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY TO PICK SPECK FROM SOMEONE'S EYES... ….JEALOUSY IS KILLING NDC.
Well said, Mr Tonto! Mahama is a total disgrace to Ghana. One would have thought that he’d do all he can as a statesman to end these violence. As a former president, he should have at least waited for the commission to release their report but for cheap politics, he ran to the diplomats. We as a country should do better by keeping these security forces in check and holding them to the same rule of law when they cross the line.
PLEASE GO AND BATH YOUR WHITE CORPSES AND STOP THOSE SEN*SELESS REMARKS. WHY DID YOU RAN AWAY FROM GHANA? IF YOU ARE THERE AND YOUR MIND IS SO BLOCKED WITH SO MUCH FILT THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE SOUND JUDGEMENT OF ISSUES THEN YOU HAVE WASTED YOUR TIME TRAVELLING THERE. I WONDER THE TYPE OF PEOPLE YOU ARE LEADING THERE AS A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN OPEN YOUR MOUTH AT ANY WRONG ANGLE AND TALK ANYHOW, THAT WILL NOT EARN YOU TAX FREE EXPORT OF YOUR ACCIDENT HOME USED CAR INTO GHANA. IF EVEN YOU SUCCEED IN GETTING A TAX FREE ENTRY OF YOUR VEHICLE INTO GHANA UNDER AKUFO ADDO NDC WILL TRACE ALL SUCH VEHICLES IN 2021 AND MAKE YOU PAY DOUBLE FOR THE TAX EVASION.
PLEASE COME HOME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR INDEED.